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To: Chiapet
From what I understand Roald Dahl's widow had ultimate creative control, and the movie will be much more true to the book than the Gene Wilder film.

So what? Willy Wonka begins and ends with Gene Wilder.

End of discussion.

92 posted on 06/30/2005 6:53:18 AM PDT by Houmatt (Is it too much to ask for Tiffany to forgive my transgressions?)
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To: Houmatt

I'm a huge fan of Wilder...I remember a for-tv play in the seventies that has since disappeared..."Scarecrow"...it was one of his first performances. Excellent! Wish I could find it.


94 posted on 06/30/2005 6:55:54 AM PDT by Mamzelle
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To: Houmatt

I'll second that.

["there can be only Won-ka"?]....LOL!


136 posted on 06/30/2005 8:12:08 AM PDT by Salamander (We're pain, we're steel, a plot of knives. We're Transmaniacon MC!)
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To: Houmatt
So what? Willy Wonka begins and ends with Gene Wilder.

Only for those illiterate souls who were exposed to the movie and not the book. Regrettably, that's the larger audience these days.

168 posted on 06/30/2005 11:14:57 PM PDT by Melas (Lives in state of disbelief)
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